ESSENTIAL English Vocabulary about SHOPPING Listening and Pronunciation

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English Coach Chad


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20. useful Expressions that you can use when  shopping all right you ready let's do this  
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let's practice James and his wife Pam we're in the  market for a new couch couch for the living room  
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couch you know where the couch is a  couch is a sofa but more comfortable  
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James and his wife Pam were in the market for  a new couch for the living room all right let's  
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take a look at in the market for something  means you want to buy something in particular  
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and you're researching prices information Etc  maybe you're doing some online comparison shopping  
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should I buy this one should I buy that  one I'm comparing comparison shopping  
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so you're looking at advertisements  websites and trying to decide what to buy  
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for example I'm in the market for a new phone  
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I'm thinking about buying a new phone so I'm  researching and looking at all the different  
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models I'm in the market for a new car you can  even say I'm in the market for a new boyfriend  
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or I'm in the market for a new girlfriend it's  a joke all right so back to our story James  
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and his wife Pam were in the market  for a new couch for the living room  
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they had been looking around for a while but  hadn't found anything that caught their eye  
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okay let's look at these ones first  looking around and then catch their eye  
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the expression looking around is kind of like in  the market for they're basically the same thing  
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it's another way to say that you're looking to  buy something for instance you may say I've been  
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looking around for a new wallet I want to buy a  new wallet and I have been looking around for one
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looking around is also a response that we often  use when a store clerk asks us if we need any help  
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so we use this expression when we want to convey  that we aren't looking for anything in particular  
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and that we just want to browse there's another  shopping word browsing all right we'll get to that  
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do you need any help the store clerk might say do  you need any help can I help you find something  
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and then how can you answer that yeah that's  right you can say I'm just looking around or I'm  
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just looking I'm just looking I'm just browsing  often we don't say I'm just looking just browsing
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alright so James and his wife Pam were in  the market for a new couch for the living  
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room they had been looking around for a while  but hadn't found anything that caught their eye  
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so catch one's eye basically means that  something caught your attention it catches  
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your interest and attention maybe it caught  your eye because the price was really good or  
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the product itself is really good it caught my  eye it's really nice product it caught my eye
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here's an example did anything catch your eye yes  the new special edition model really caught my eye  
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would you like to buy it  hell no it's too expensive  
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all right this is a joke right here you  wouldn't actually say that maybe to a friend  
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okay so back to our story James and his wife Pam  had been looking around for a while but hadn't  
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found anything that caught their eye one day they  saw an advertisement for a furniture store that  
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was having a huge sale they decided to check it  out and see if they could pick up a good deal  
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all right so in this scenario the expression  pickup means to get or obtain something to  
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get something for instance I was at the store  yesterday and picked up a new pair of shoes  
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I got a new pair of shoes I  picked up a new pair of shoes  
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all right check it out means to  establish the truth for yourself  
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so in this situation that's what it means when  you inform yourself about something you check  
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it out I need to check this out for myself and  see if it's really true I'll go check it out  
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so one day James and Pam saw an advertisement  for a furniture store that was having a huge  
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sale they decided to check it out and  see if they could pick up a good deal  
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when they arrived at the store they were pleased  to see that everything was on sale they started  
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to look for good deals you look for a good  deal and quickly found a couch that they loved  
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all right so when an item is  at a lower price temporarily  
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then it's on sale so what's the  difference between on sale and a good deal  
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they have similar meanings but they are not  exactly the same on sale typically refers to  
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a product that is being offered at a lower price  than its usual price lower price than its usual  
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price on sale this can be a temporary reduction  in price a clearance sale on the other hand is  
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more of a promotional discount that puts the  emphasis on the price reduction maybe the item  
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will no longer be sold so they're clearing  it out it's a price for big price reduction  
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so when James and Pam arrived at the store  they were pleased to see that everything was  
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on sale they started to look for good deals  and quickly found a couch that they loved  
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they decided to grab it before  anyone else could get it  
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here grab is an expression meaning to  take something quickly and eagerly eagerly  
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often with the intention of securing it before  anyone else does get it first be first if you  
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snooze you lose grab it all right for instance  I went to the supermarket and grabbed the last  
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loaf of bread on the Shelf I grabbed it so back to  our story James and Pam wanted to secure the couch  
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for themselves before someone else could take  it they decided to grab it before anyone else  
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could get it this sentence and this sentence  are the same thing I restated the sentence  
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so secure the couch for themselves  grab it before anyone else could get it
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shopping around means to be looking  around at the other merchandise in  
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the store with the intent to buy  something shopping around intending  
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to buy something shopping around  it's different than browsing right
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had been eyeing this means you  had looked at it for a while  
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you you've been looking at it you have  been eyeing it you've been looking at  
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it you are interested in an item and you are  thinking about buying it you've been eyeing it
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for instance you might say I've been eyeing  that jacket I've been eyeing that jacket  
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I'm thinking about buying it
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so James and Pam continued to shop  around they noticed that some of the  
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other items they had been eyeing were also on sale
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they decided to pick out a few more things and  stock up on some Home Goods while they were at it  
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all right the act of picking out something  usually involves a deliberate and thoughtful  
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process of selection as opposed to Simply  browsing all right so if you're picking it  
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out you it's it's thoughtful and deliberate if  you're browsing um you know you don't really  
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know what you want you're just thinking maybe I  want something maybe I don't I'm just browsing  
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so as opposed to Simply browsing or looking around  without any intention of purchasing something
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let's move on for example Kim and I went to the  mall and she picked out several outfits to try on  
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so she picked the outfits out to try them on the  expression stock up is commonly used when you want  
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to say that you're buying extra of something  buying extra of something you're stocking up  
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you already own that's this item you just  want some more it might be something you need  
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when you want to indicate that you're purchasing  more of something you already possess or require  
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the phrase stock up on is frequently used  for instance during the pandemic people  
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were stocking up on toilet paper were buying  extra toilet paper right they were stocking up
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hey paper towels are on sale this week let's  stock up on them example sentence hey paper  
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towels are on sale this week let's stock up on  them let's buy lots more than we actually need  
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all right the expression while you are at it  while at it while you are at it while we were at  
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it oh I didn't make the at it read there doesn't  matter while I was at it while they were at it  
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what does that mean it means since someone is  already doing a task or activity they might as  
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well do another task at the same time you're doing  a you might as well do B together at the same time  
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for instance if you're going to get an  oil change for your car change the oil  
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you can also put air in your tires while you're  at it while you're at it put air in the tires  
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I'm going to get an oil change honey oh  while you're at it put air in the tires
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so James and Pam continued to shop around  
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they decided to pick out a few more things and  stock up on some Home Goods while they were at it
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however as they were checking out they noticed  that the store was completely sold out of the  
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coffee table that they also wanted to buy oh no  the coffee table we wanted to buy is sold out
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all right now check out is an expression that  is used when you take the merchandise that you  
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would like to purchase and bring it to the  cashier to purchase it you're checking out  
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all right sold out means out of stock out  of stock that the particular item is not in  
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stock it's currently unavailable for purchase  it's out of stock perhaps because people had  
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purchased all available quantities in stock is  the opposite of the expression out of stock If  
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an item is in stock it is available to  be purchased yeah we have that in stock  
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so when James and Pam went to purchase their items  went to check out they noticed that the coffee  
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table they also wanted to buy was unavailable to  be purchased it was sold out it was out of stock
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disappointed they asked the manager if  he could check the stock in other stores  
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the manager Bob checked online and  
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found it in stock he placed the order for them  with the item being delivered to their home
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actual stores with a physical location of  physical locations are called physical stores  
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physical stores is what we call them they have  items in store and online stores or websites  
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they have items online as opposed to in-store  and their items are available for delivery  
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all right the expression place an order is  essentially to order something or buy something  
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you will get later you will get it later  you place an order and you will get it later  
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you submit an order for a product you  place an order submit an order place an  
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order I called the restaurant  to place an order for takeout
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so Bob the manager checked online and found it in  stock he placed the order for them with the item  
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being delivered to their home as they were leaving  the store they realized the couch that the couch  
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they had bought was too big for their living  room they decided to take it back and return it  
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to purchase something else oh Bob's going  to be upset because they're taking back  
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the couch they're returning it take it back  is an expression meaning to bring back an  
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item to either return it for a full refund  or get an exchange or maybe store credit  
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an exchange is when you replace the item  with the same exact item perhaps the item  
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was defective or damaged so you ask for  an exchange can I have an exchange please
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so James and Pam took back the couch and returned  it to purchase something else luckily the store  
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had a great return policy and they were able  to take back the couch to buy a different one  
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feeling satisfied with their purchase and glad  that they were able to purchase the coffee table  
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online James and Pam left the store happy and  excited to redecorate their home with their new  
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finds new fines they had lots of new finds fines  are items that you succeeded in obtaining getting  
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look at my new find look  what I got wow what a find  
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that's really nice boom that's the workout I hope  you enjoyed that one step at a time that was step  
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2683. that was a lot of talking for Me Maybe  mostly listening for you in our next lesson  
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we'll do some more speaking practice all right  englishcoastchad.com I'll see you in the next step
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